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Canada's new leader announces $4.2 billion Australian radar purchase on visit to Arctic Circle (apnews.com)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting Canada’s far north in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region.

The prime minister’s office said the Canadian $6 billion ($4.2 billion) Over-the-Horizon Radar system will provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic.

Carney announced the purchase at a military base in the capital of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut on his last stop after visiting Paris and London for meetings with leaders there.

The Australian radar system will consist of a series of pillars almost a mile (1.6 kilometers) in length. Officials said that the system would have a smaller footprint than what the similar American system would take up.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll take homelessness over being conquered, thank you just the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Radar ain't gonna do shit.

Also, the places there, putting the radar, no one lives there. It's just resources.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

It's your back door and Trump has practically been inviting Putin to come on through.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This goes to show how many Canadians don't know the Russians have been testing our northern borders for decades. Part of Trump's plan in threatening our country and laying down tariffs is to help destabilize us for the Russians. Our joint efforts have protected the north out of mutual concern, but since America can no longer be trusted - we need to build our own defences, fast.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

You really are ignorant.